Cindy Hyde-Smith Blocked Scott Colom’s Judicial Nomination. Now He’s Running Against Her for US Senate.

Cindy Hyde-Smith Blocked Scott Colom’s Judicial Nomination. Now He’s Running Against Her for US Senate.

U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith blocked President Joe Biden’s nomination of Scott Colom to a federal court two years ago. Now, the local Democratic Mississippi district attorney is running against her for U.S. Senate. The post Cindy Hyde-Smith Blocked Scott Colom’s Judicial Nomination. Now He’s Running Against Her for US Senate. appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.

Democrats get their man: Colom’s entry in Mississippi U.S. Senate race has been years in the making

Biden nominated the Lowndes County DA to be a federal judge. Republican U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith blocked the nomination. Then Chuck Schumer recruited Colom to run against her.